Step 1:
The first step to converting 471855.17820877 to a fraction is to re-write 471855.17820877 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 471855.17820877 can be written as simply 471855.17820877/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 471855.17820877, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 471855.17820877/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 471855.17820877/1 each by 100000000:
Step 3:
Now the last step is to simplify the fraction (if possible) by finding similar factors and cancelling them out, which leads to the following answer for 471855.17820877 as a fraction:
471855/1 / 1